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Flavoring ingredient in e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco exceeds thresholds of concern

A potential carcinogen that has been banned as a food additive is present in concerningly high levels in electronic cigarette liquids and smokeless tobacco products, according to a new study from Duke Health.

16 Sep 2019

Dengue fever is endemic in places where iron deficiency is more common

Mosquitoes are more likely to acquire the dengue virus when they feed on blood with low levels of iron, researchers report in the 16 September issue of Nature Microbiology.

16 Sep 2019

Stanford-UCSF researchers report new cure for common cold in human cells and mice

Temporarily disabling a single protein inside our cells might be able to protect us from the common cold and other viral diseases, according to a study led by researchers at Stanford University and University of California-San Francisco.

16 Sep 2019

Brain activity intensity appears to increase our need for sleep

The intensity of brain activity during the day, notwithstanding how long we've been awake, appears to increase our need for sleep, according to a new UCL study in zebrafish.

16 Sep 2019

Climate change likely to accelerate spread of valley fever

Valley fever is endemic to hot and dry regions like the southwestern United States and California's San Joaquin Valley, but a new study predicts climate change will cause the fungal infection's range to more than double in size this century, reaching previously unaffected areas across the western U.S.

16 Sep 2019

Avoid making important decisions on an empty stomach, research suggests

We all know that food shopping when hungry is a bad idea but new research from the University of Dundee suggests that people might want to avoid making any important decisions about the future on an empty stomach.

16 Sep 2019

Women killed by their partner constitute a major proportion of homicide statistics in Denmark

Out of the 536 women who were killed between 1992-2016 in Denmark, 300 were killed by their partner. This figure corresponds to 57 per cent of all homicides with female victims.

16 Sep 2019

New effort to study gastrointestinal gases and their influence on gut disorders

A source of embarrassment to some, or pure comedy to others, flatulence and the gases of the intestines are increasingly seen as playing an important role in our digestive health.

16 Sep 2019

Paracetamol use during pregnancy linked to childhood behavioral problems

A new study has found further evidence linking paracetamol intake during pregnancy with potential adverse behavioral and cognitive outcomes during childhood.

16 Sep 2019

What you eat may change the way that antibiotics affect your gut

Scientists have examined how antibiotics change the gut bacteria in mice and looked at how diet may exacerbate or mitigate these changes.

16 Sep 2019

Acute therapy with vitamin E may offer effective low-cost treatment for heart attack

Heart attack is a leading cause of death worldwide and new treatment strategies are highly sought-after. Unfortunately lasting damage to the heart muscle is not uncommon following such an event.

16 Sep 2019

Heart School attendance linked to lower mortality risk in myocardial infarction patients

Patients who attend 'Heart School', as almost every patient in Sweden is invited to do after a first heart attack, live longer than non-participating patients. This is shown in a new study, by researchers at Uppsala University, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

16 Sep 2019

Researchers eliminate need for anti-rejection drugs in mice with transplanted glial cells

In experiments in mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have developed a way to successfully transplant certain protective brain cells without the need for lifelong anti-rejection drugs.

16 Sep 2019

Cancer patients identify 'bad luck' or fate as third most likely cause of disease

What role does fate play when it comes to the 145,000 people diagnosed with cancer each year in Australia and 125,000 people in Vietnam?

16 Sep 2019

Physicians' delivery practices must improve to boost HPV vaccine rates, study shows

Despite its proven success at preventing cancer, many adolescents are still not getting the HPV vaccine. A new study from the University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus shows that physicians' delivery and communication practices must improve to boost vaccination completion rates.

16 Sep 2019

'Narrow escape problem' determines the way immune cells pick friends from foes

The way immune cells pick friends from foes can be described by a classic maths puzzle known as the "narrow escape problem".

16 Sep 2019

Developing a highly predictive genetic risk score for type 1 diabetes

Paul Tran is working to develop a highly predictive genetic risk score that will tell parents whether their baby is at significant risk for type 1 diabetes.

16 Sep 2019

Alzheimer's drug associated with two-fold higher risk of hospitalization for rhabdomyolysis

A drug commonly used to manage symptoms of Alzheimer disease and other dementias -- donepezil -- is associated with a two-fold higher risk of hospital admission for rhabdomyolysis, a painful condition of muscle breakdown, compared with several other cholinesterase inhibitors, found a study in CMAJ.

16 Sep 2019

Study finds rise in off-label medication orders for children

U.S. physicians are increasingly ordering medications for children for conditions that are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a Rutgers study.

16 Sep 2019

Men and women with diabetes or prediabetes experience different comorbidities, study shows

A new study presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Barcelona, Spain (16-20 Sept) shows that men and women experience different comorbidities (other diseases at the same time) as having diabetes or prediabetes, as well as an unexpectedly high rate of prediabetes among children aged 6-10 years.

16 Sep 2019

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Flavoring ingredient in e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco exceeds thresholds of concern

Dengue fever is endemic in places where iron deficiency is more common

Stanford-UCSF researchers report new cure for common cold in human cells and mice

Brain activity intensity appears to increase our need for sleep

Climate change likely to accelerate spread of valley fever

Avoid making important decisions on an empty stomach, research suggests

Women killed by their partner constitute a major proportion of homicide statistics in Denmark

New effort to study gastrointestinal gases and their influence on gut disorders

Paracetamol use during pregnancy linked to childhood behavioral problems

What you eat may change the way that antibiotics affect your gut

Acute therapy with vitamin E may offer effective low-cost treatment for heart attack

Heart School attendance linked to lower mortality risk in myocardial infarction patients

Researchers eliminate need for anti-rejection drugs in mice with transplanted glial cells

Cancer patients identify 'bad luck' or fate as third most likely cause of disease

Physicians' delivery practices must improve to boost HPV vaccine rates, study shows

'Narrow escape problem' determines the way immune cells pick friends from foes

Developing a highly predictive genetic risk score for type 1 diabetes

Alzheimer's drug associated with two-fold higher risk of hospitalization for rhabdomyolysis

Study finds rise in off-label medication orders for children

Men and women with diabetes or prediabetes experience different comorbidities, study shows

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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